MFA's first non-QM MBS was on track to be issued in March until volatility from the coronavirus scuttled the deal.

The first non-QM MBS from Goldman Sachs includes loans from previously issued deals and some newer mortgages aggregated by the firm.

Black Knight said the Fannie/Freddie forbearance measurement fell by 15,000 units while the FHA count increased by 5,000. The private-label/portfolio tally rose by 10,000 loans.

The general consensus is that this new loan-level price adjustment will not be killed outright but very well could be moved back by at least 60 days from its current Sept. 1 implementation date. This would allow lenders facing rate-lock hits to avoid financial damage…

For the third consecutive quarter, VA production exceeded FHA activity – and the margin widened significantly...

In a new filing with the SEC, Mr. Cooper disclosed that after accounting for a modest increase in the value of its mortgage servicing rights, the new GSE LLPA will reduce the value of the loans in its pipeline by approximately $20 million...

In the PIMCO deal, the loans have seasoned for an average of 14 months and 21.7% of borrowers are on forbearance/deferral plans.

The best the industry can hope for is a delay in the Sept. 1 implementation date, some believe...

Most of the gain was in agency mortgage securities, which rose $82.6 billion to $2.148 trillion...

In a nutshell, retail lenders gorged on refis: Roughly 62.8% of refi loans securitized by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae during the second quarter came through the channel...